**Deadline expired** Consultancy for Accelerated Learning Program feasibility study, Cameroon

Location: remote (local station: Yaounde, Cameroon).

Duration: start 4 September 2024, 45 working days.

Application deadline: 23 August 2024.

Accelerated Learning Program feasibility study and identification of alternative education possibilities in the West, Littoral, North-West and South-West Regions of Cameroon for displaced children affected by the crisis.

The Norwegian Refugee Council and Plan International open a call for consultants to submit proposals and a study methodology with a participatory approach, and both qualitative and mixed quantitative methods for a feasibility study. The study methodology should follow a non-experimental design to produce credible results. The specific objective of this study is to confirm the feasibility and to identify the possibilities for an ALP as well as the difficulties hindering access to formal education for out-of-school children affected by the crisis in the North-West and South-West, whether they are hosted in the West and Littoral regions of Cameroon or living in the Northwest Southwest region. The study should have a gender-sensitive analysis and take into account the specific needs and the main challenges faced by girls, and then to develop operational and tangible recommendations for a potential scaling up of the AEP.

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[Blog] Education in crisis: How crises around the world are impacting children’s learning

“Education and learning is not just about books and classrooms; it’s about offering hope, resilience, and the promise of a better future.” R Jenkins writes in a blog for UNICEF. He calls for more funding to address the current crises in education, and lists nine crises which need urgent action and support: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern Chad, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mali, Myanmar, State of Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine.

Read the blog.

[Conference] BAICE 2024 – Transgression and transformation: (re)bordering education in times of conflict & crises

Dates: 3 to 5 September 2024.

Location: University of Sussex.

Education systems ricochet from one global crisis to the next with increasing frequency, with each one impacting in different ways and disgorging new challenges. The years 2023-2024 may well be remembered as a time of unparalleled and intersecting global conflict and crises. BAICE 2024 will engage with these global developments and crises with the aim of fostering dialogue across borders in a variety of understandings: disciplinary, theoretical, methodological, pedagogical, international, South-North as well as geographical, planetary and political.

More information and registration.

**Deadline expired** International Inclusive Education Consultant, Timor-Leste

Location: Home or remote-based (duty station: Dili, Timor-Leste).

Duration: September 2024 to February 2025.

Application deadline: 15 August 2024.

 

Read details of the timeline and TOR.

UNICEF is looking for a consultant to review Inclusive Education training materials and develop a training and support plan for teacher and school leader training to Improve Inclusive Education in Timor-Leste.

**Deadline expired** Request for Proposals: My Education, My Future (MEMF) Final Evaluation

Location: remote.

Duration: September 2024 to January 2025.

Application deadline: 26 August 2024.

 

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The objective of this consultancy is to assess the contribution of the MEMF in improving girls’ and boys’ life skills and learning outcomes in Burundi and Tanzania. In Burundi only, the evaluation will use a quasi-experimental difference in difference methodology to assess the attribution of the project in improving girls’ and boys’ life skills. This approach will include selected control schools identified at baseline in Burundi. Quantitative and qualitative data should be collected to respond to this question. The evaluation will take into account the initial Baseline Assessment undertaken in 2020, outcome monitoring findings led in 2023 and the recent research on girls’ clubs led in June 2024.

[Journal] International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Leaning, Volume 70, Issue 3, June 2024

The International Review of Education is dedicated to policy-relevant and theoretically-informed research in lifelong and life-wide learning in international and comparative contexts. The editorial focuses on Gaza and human rights. Articles include a Rohingya case study about educational inequality and emancipation and adult women’s education in prison in South Africa.

Some articles can be freely downloaded and others can only be viewed through a subscription.

Read the journal.

 

[blog] Educating for the present and the future: using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the learning crisis

In a blog on the World Bank site, J Saavedra et al. argue that using Artificial Intelligence (AI) could address the learning crisis.

“Inequality in education is rampant; middle-income countries are five years behind the OECD average and seven years behind Singapore on PISA scores. The concept of Learning Poverty highlights stark inequalities between countries: 90% of 10-year-olds in Sub-Saharan Africa cannot read and understand a simple text, a figure that is 56% (pre-pandemic) in Latin America and less than 3% in the Nordic countries.”

However, they warn, “Technology cannot replace trained teachers nor match the impact of a good teacher with AI-amplified skills.”

Read the blog.

[Advocacy] #TeachersMissing campaign

Globally, 44 million additional teachers are needed to ensure universal primary and secondary education by 2030. The Teacher Task Force’s #TeachersMissing advocacy campaign for 2024 is sounding the alarm on the urgency of addressing the global teacher shortage. Through this campaign, the Teacher Task Force will harness the collective momentum to address the critical issue of teacher shortages.

Read an article and access the resources.

[Publication] Enabling Education Review, Issue 12

EENET is delighted to share our latest edition of Enabling Education Review. It’s available now in PDF and HTML formats.

Theme: Knowledge, power and ownership.

This time, authors offer a variety of insights into education and inclusion issues within the overall theme of “knowledge, power and ownership”. They look at colonialism, language, agency, participation, power relations and more.

There are articles from Afghanistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Palestine, Sierra Leone, UK and various global perspectives.

Enjoy reading!

Front cover: Enabling Education Review Issue 13, Knowledge, Ownership and Power

[Podcast] New episode ‘Unheard Stories’

It’s here! EENET’s third podcast in the ‘Unheard Stories’ series.

The latest episode features Aubrey Moono, an inclusive teacher trainer from Zambia. Aubrey and Ayman chatted about the drought in Zambia and Southern Africa. They discussed how climate crises like prolonged droughts affect children’s school attendance and the measures being taken to support learners. Aubrey also mentioned the possible longer-term impact on education due to drought interrupting teacher training.

Listen on SoundCloud.

Watch on YouTube.

Find out more about the ‘Unheard Stories’ podcast series.

Text reads: Inclusive Education. Unheard Stories. Available Now. New Podcast! Episode 3. Education and climate change in Zambia with Aubrey Moono.